About This Role
This position serves as an Administrative Magistrate within the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA), an independent adjudicatory agency in Massachusetts. The role involves conducting impartial, due process hearings for state administrative agencies, ensuring fairness and transparency in administrative decision-making. It requires substantial independent judgment, legal expertise, discretion, creativity, and advanced problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an Administrative Magistrate managing a full caseload of matters assigned by the First Administrative Magistrate
- Conduct pre-hearing conferences and manage all pre-hearing procedural activities
- Preside over trial-type adjudicatory hearings, conducted either live or remotely, pursuant to formal and informal rules of administrative procedure
- Rule on motions and evidentiary issues
- Make findings of fact and conclusions of law based on the record
- Conduct legal research and analysis to resolve complex statutory and regulatory issues
- Prepare high-quality written decisions with minimal clerical assistance
Requirements
- Exercise substantial independent judgment, legal expertise, discretion, creativity, and advanced problem-solving skills
- Maintain impartiality and professionalism while working under pressure from opposing parties in contested proceedings
About the Company
The Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) is an independent adjudicatory agency within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that conducts impartial, due process hearings for state administrative agencies. DALA provides a neutral forum for individuals and entities exercising their statutory right to appeal decisions made by other Massachusetts state agencies. Through its quasi-judicial functions, DALA ensures fairness, transparency, and consistency in administrative decision-making, safeguarding the procedural rights of appellants while supporting agencies in the lawful administration of their programs.
